diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 6aedb88..0000000
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-aiofiles
-jupyterhub
-html-sanitizer
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 438d1c1..52b2c97 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
-from distutils.core import setup
+from setuptools import setup
 
 setup(
-        name='jupyterhub-announcement',
-        version='0.7.0',
-        description='JupyterHub Announcement Service',
-        author='R. C. Thomas, François Tessier',
-        author_email='rcthomas@lbl.gov',
-        packages=['jupyterhub_announcement'],
-        data_files=[("share/jupyterhub/announcement/templates", 
-            ["templates/index.html"])]
+    author='R. C. Thomas, François Tessier',
+    author_email='rcthomas@lbl.gov',
+    data_files=[
+        ("share/jupyterhub/announcement/templates", ["templates/index.html"])
+    ],
+    description='JupyterHub Announcement Service',
+    install_requires=[
+        "aiofiles",
+        "html-sanitizer",
+        "jupyterhub",
+    ],
+    name='jupyterhub-announcement',
+    packages=['jupyterhub_announcement'],
+    version='0.8.0.dev',
 )